BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMAT
EXAMPLES
BOOK:
Villeneuve, Steve. The History of University School. New York : Random House,
1998.
A BOOK WITH TWO AUTHORS:
Taft, Martin and Michael Schwieters. The Eighth Grade Experience. Madison, WI:
University of
Wisconsin Press, 1999.
MAGAZINE:
Nosbusch, Pam “New Life at School.” National Geographic. January
1999. pp. 42-50.
If the magazine or newspaper article comes from PROQUEST or SIRS use the bibliographical
information given on the computer printout. Usually this information is given
at the top of the article. When you have used SIRS or PROQUEST, at the end of
the citation type the source (SIRS or PROQUEST) and the access date.
Example:
“T. Rex, look out behind you.” Newsweek. May 27, 1996. p. 61. PROQUEST,
Accessed: December 15, 1998.
ENCYCLOPEDIA :
“Watergate.” World Book Encyclopedia. vol. 22. pp. 144-145, 1998.
CD- ROM ENCYCLOPEDIA :
“Aristotle.” Encarta. New York: Microsoft, 1998.
ON-LINE ENCYCLOPEDIA :
“John F. Kennedy.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia [On-line] Available:
http://www.go.grolier.com Accessed: December 22, 2000.
INTERNET :
Silver, Fred. “Hall of Dinosaurs” [On-line] c1998 : http://ucmpl.berkeley.edu/exhittext/cladecham.html
Accessed : September 3, 1999. [Note : Often there is no author; in that case,
begin the entry with the title of the site]
INTERVIEW:
Georgeson, Joe. (Math Teacher, University School of Milwaukee) Interview. October
20, 2000.
SAMPLE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Your bibliography must be listed in alphabetical order. Bibliographies are alphabetized
by the first letter of the first word of the bibliographic entry. The second
line must be indented 8 spaces. An example bibliography is given below.
“Aristotle.” Encarta. New York: Microsoft, 1998.
Georgeson, Joe. (History Professor, University School of Milwaukee) Interview.
October 20, 2000.
“John F. Kennedy.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia [On-line] Available:
http://www.go.grolier.com Accessed : December 22, 1998.
Nosbusch, Pam. “New Life at School.” National Geographic. January
1999. pp. 42-50.
Silver, Fred. “Hall of Dinosaurs” [On-line] c1998: http://ucmpl.berkeley.edu/exhittext/cladecham.html
Accessed : September 3, 1999.
"T. Rex, look out behind you.” Newsweek. May 27, 1996. p 61. PROQUEST,
Accessed: December 15, 1998.
Taft, Martin and Michael Schwieters. The Eighth Grade Experience. Madison, WI:
University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
Villeneuve, Steve. The History of University School. New York: Random House,
1998.
“Watergate.” World Book Encyclopedia. vol. 22. pp. 144-145, 1998.